Montana, Joe

June 11, 1956 | Joe Montana | footballer

Dear Joe,

O.K., here’s the deal: You’ve got the ball. It’s 4th and 4. There’s less than a minute left in the game. You’re down by a field goal. You haven’t been able to move the ball with the run game all day and you’re pretty sure that you won’t be able to get 4 yards on the ground now. You’re at your opponent’s 34-yard line. A field-goal attempt right now would be 51 yards. If you make it, you go into overtime. If you miss, the game is over. If you go for it and make it, you still aren’t guaranteed anything but a shorter field goal. You have no timeouts on the board. What do you do? Seriously, any ideas?

I have this game of Madden on pause and my brother’s getting really pissed off.